"Murdering out" your bike Passion

What does the phrase "murder out" mean to you? I have some friends who use that term a lot when discussing mtn-bike parts. I just got some Stans ZTR Flow rims and my buddy said I should take all the stickers off to "murder it out".

I do like the "murdered out" look but I've got to have some color.
I removed the stickers on last set of Stan's rims on this bike.
Built these up last year and just couldn't do it.
I dig black rims and frame with white fork.

Takes no creativity to have a fully murdered out all black bike. Pretty much the same with folks making all white bikes as well.

A few colored bits makes the bike look unique, too many colored bits makes it look like you need to ride more and focus less on appearances.

False.

Creativity is individual to every person. Murdering out a bike can have subjective gloss and matte parts to create uniqueness and creativity. It is not just as simple as spraying the entire bike with a black rattle can.

Not to mention, that is just what some people like. Not every one wants purple caliper bolts.

Creativity is individual to every person. Murdering out a bike can have subjective gloss and matte parts to create uniqueness and creativity. It is not just as simple as spraying the entire bike with a black rattle can.
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^^This^^

I'm a big fan of black everything's.
I have a rattle can flat black Cadex SS with orange rims and orange Magura HS-33's, and a glossy black Karate Monkey with green rims, grips and some other small parts that are green.
And my Pugsley (that is now crippled) was going to be flat black with some glossy black parts.
I think a majority of flat black with a dash of glossy is a perfect way to create a fully murdered out bike and still atract attention to the finer details.

Behold... one of only three sets of silver Titec H-Bars on the planet (as far as I know). Oh, the other two are on my other bikes.

Gotta love the EZ-Off.

I thought this thread was revived from the dead at first. There is an old one with nearly an identical title. If you want an all black bike that's fine but this "murder out" term needs to die its own quick death.

You've just proven my point. That nice car now looks like as cheap as...

So, you are saying that the owner should have restored the exterior with white paint sorta thing... It is not like the car was showroom nice when they decided to go matte black with it. Most likely it looked terrible before the matte was applied.

Personally, I would never matte black a car fwiw....but that Lambo above...yep! Love it.

Don't get me wrong, I love all black bikes, though I would go with touch of red if I ever go this way... (I understand it wouldn't be murdered, but I love my bike alive and kicking ) but this is a silly argument. This is not a fashion statement, stealth planes are matte black with reason

But if I only buy black bikes, my wife doesn't notice them come and go, or if I add to the stable. If I got asked "is that a new bike?" my answer was "This bike? I've had a black bike forever." It was carefully constructed to not be a lie, and not admit that it's new bike.

Disclaimer: I no longer fix bikes for a living.
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